Card holder



E. B. STONE CARD HOLDER June i, 1931 Filed Aug 6. 1929 Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED snares PATENT orifice ELMER B. STONE, or NEW BRITAIN, connnoricu'r, Ass renon T AMnnIoA-n HARDWARE CORPORATION, or NEW BRITAIN, comvncrrcur, Aconron 'rion or CONNECTICUT CARD HOLDER Application filed August 6, 1929. Serial No. 383,937.

My invention relates to the class of devices that are commonly secured to the fronts of drawers or other receptacles for the purpose of containing a card denoting the contents of the receptacle, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a device for fastening said holder in place that shall be particularly efiicient for the purpose for which it is intended, and one in which the fastening w means shall not be visible on the front of the holder.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others,

may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whioh- Figure 1 is an isometric view of my improved card holder looking at the front.

Figure 2 is a similar view looking at the so rear.

Figure 3 is a view in section through a drawer front showing my improved holder secured in place, the holder being cut in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line as 33 of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a view in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line 44 of Figure 3.

My improved card holder and fastening means therefor as illustrated and described herein comprises a well known form of holder in which a drawer pull is embodied, the numeral 5 indicating the frame having an opening 6 therein through which a card may be displayed, and a drawer pull 7 projecting from the lower front face of the frame. This frame is formed from sheet metal and the ends are overturned as at 8 forming a rest for the frame against the device to which the holder is secured. These overturned ends provide a space 9 between the edges of said ends and the back face of the frame within which a card may be inserted from the top of the holder. All of the parts thus far described are of old and well known construction and, except in connection with other parts to be now explained, form no part of my invention.

The overturned edges 8 have recesses 10 formed therein as by stamping, these recesses being located between the front of the frame 5 and the overturned edge. This stamping forms a hump 11 on the outside of the overturned edge 8. Bolts 12 are located with their heads in said recesses, the bolts projecting through holes in the struck-up por tion ofthe overturned edges. These recesses are preferably of angular shape, and the heads of the bolts are of similar shape so'that the bolts are held against turning movement.

Tongues 13 project from the edges of the overturned ends 8, these tongues extending along and'resting in contact with a bar 14 comprising a portion of the frame. Said tongues are depressed against said bar and thereby close edges of the recesses 10. These tongues also serve as a rest for a card located in the space 9.

This construction provides a holder which may be firmly secured to the front of a drawer 15, the bolts projecting through the drawer front and being secured as by means of nuts. Shallow recesses 16 may be formed in the front face of the drawer to receive the humps 11, and as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings This construction provides a holder that is particularly rigid and strong, although formed from sheet metal, and the fastening means secured as illustrated and described are particularly strong and remove any unsightly appearances of the front of a holder.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out.

I claim 1. A card holder comprising a plate having a display opening and composed of sheet metal having overturned ends resting against said plate and creating a space for a card, said overturned'ends being formed to provide recesses between said ends and said plate, and fastening bolts each having a head located in one of said recesses and projecting through said overturned ends to receive a fastening member at the outer end thereof.

2 A card holder comprising a plate having a display opening and composed of sheet metal having overturned ends creating a space for a card and providing recesses between said ends and said plate, fastening bolts each having a head located in one of said recesses and projecting through one of said overturned ends to receive a fastening member at the outer end thereof for said plate, and tongues each projecting from the edge of an overturned end and closing an edge of one of said recesses and serving as a rest for a card located in said space.

3. A card holder comprising a plate having a display opening and composed of sheet metal havingoverturned ends resting against said plate and creating a space for a card, said overturned ends being bulged between their ends to form recesses between the overturned ends and said plate, fastening bolts each having a head located in one of said recesses and projecting through one of said overturned ends to receive a fastening member in the outer end thereof, and tongues each projecting from an edge of one of said overturned ends to serve as a rest for a card located in said space.

ELMER B. STONE. 

